For some of us our garden is more than just a source of food. For
many, it is also the place where we bring visitors and customers so they can
be filled with the awe of our green thumb. It is times like these that LED
gardeners are prone to be aware of the “graying” of plants under LED’s.
The reason for this is the plant specific spectrum used in the LED Grow
Master bars.
Plant leaves reflect light colors that are not used efficiently for growing.
Under white light, most plants look some shade of green. This is because
traditional plant lights are based on room lighting that uses the colors that
the human eye is most sensitive to- green and yellow. But since the LED
Grow Master line of lighting supplies colors that the plants can use, very little
light is reflected from the leaves. The plant absorbs nearly all of the light
with the exception of a very small amount of green light included in each
bar. The result is a plant that looks like it’s in a darkroom. This is also a
sign that you are not spending money to create light that your plants aren’t
using.
In conclusion, our motto is “Light for plants, not people.” So when the
day comes to show off all of your hard work, you may want to keep this in
mind. Just supplement a little sunshine. If that is not an option- full
spectrum lighting will give excellent color rendering and is an efficient
alternative to incandescent bulbs. Garden on.–AL